No decision yet on full-scale operation in NWA: Nisar

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan Saturday said neither a decision has been made on undertaking a full-scale military operation in North Waziristan nor on abandoning the dialogue process with the Taliban militants.

Talking to media representatives, he said no suggestion came from any side to scrap the process of peace talks with the Taliban in the recent meeting focusing on the country’s security issues.

He said the aerial offensive and limited action carried out in North Waziristan agency along side the Afghan border were part of the decision made some time back.

The Interior Minister termed as ridiculous a report of a foreign news agency on the meeting of security matters chaired by the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. “This is not the first time a foreign news agency has released a flawed report on (Pakistan’s) civil-military relations,” he added.

Chaudhry Nisar clarified that the meeting presided over by the PM was held in a very cordial atmosphere.

He further said that no such decision has been taken to hand over the security of Islamabad or any other major city of the country to the army.